USC offensive coordinator becomes the first assistant to be named a finalist for the award at two different schools.

Before going to Southern Cal, Chow, a former All-Western Athletic Conference guard at Utah, spent the 2000 season as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at N.C. State.

Dec 11, 2002

LITTLE ROCK (AP) - Southern California offensive coordinator Norm Chow was
picked Wednesday night as winner of the Broyles Award, given to the top
assistant coach in college football.

Chow, 56, was the first assistant to be named a finalist for the award at
two different schools. He also was a finalist in 1996 when he was with Brigham
Young.

The No. 5 Trojans (10-2) play Iowa (11-1) in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 2. Chow
put together the nation's 10th-ranked offense at 440.8 yards per game in his
second season with USC.

In Chow's offense, quarterback Carson Palmer set seven Pac-10 records and 23
Southern Cal passing and total offense marks. This season, the Heisman Trophy
finalist completed 62.9 percent of his passes (288 of 458) for 3,639 yards and
32 touchdowns.

Chow was presented with the award by the Major Sports Association during a
banquet at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock.

Before going to Southern Cal, Chow, a former All-Western Athletic Conference
guard at Utah, spent the 2000 season as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks
coach at North Carolina State. Before that he was at BYU for 27 seasons.

As the Broyles winner, Chow receives a cast bronze statue of former Arkansas
coach Frank Broyles with longtime assistant Wilson Matthews standing at his
side worth $5,000. Every finalist received a set of golf clubs and a
personalized golf bag.

Matthews, who died in May at 80, was honored with a special ceremony at the
Little Rock banquet.

The award is in honor of the Arkansas athletic director and former Razorback
football coach.

Former Broyles assistant coaches have combined to win six Super Bowls, five
national collegiate championships, more than 40 conference titles and more than
2,000 games. More than two dozen of Broyles' assistants went on to become head
coaches at the college or pro level, including Barry Switzer, Jimmy Johnson,
Joe Gibbs, Hayden Frye, Johnny Majors, Jackie Sherrill and Doug Dickey.